Still setting up the story. The setup goes on for several more chapters to introduce the characters and the story line.
A lot of what I've written reflects my personal experiences visiting the Florida keys back in the 1960s and `70s. The motel, in particular, while not identical to any one place, is similar to places I visited then. Of course, the keys were recently pretty badly devastated by a hurricane, but it was the first to make a square hit there in quite a long time. And the area will, I'm sure, make a recovery quickly.